sumoe

sumoe has 33 years experience and specializes in ER, OR, ICU, PACU, POCU, QA, DC Planning.

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1. I hate nursing

   sumoe replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have enough life-span to read all the comments. I suggest you evaluate what your priorities are. The saying is find what you love and do that. I found that I loved being outdoors and bicycling. The degree to work with those two loves is u...

2. New Telecommute Case Manager

   sumoe replied to moffist's topic in Case Management

   [quote= Write those down! I have seen colleagues unable to work because they forgot one. Needless to say, that doesn't go over well. Don't "write them down" on paper, though. I made an excel sheet for mine, and even on that I leave a few blank spac...

3. Nurses need an outlet to manage stress

   sumoe replied to Pride/hardwork17's topic in Stress 101

   I find those "parking lot" debriefing sessions after work are helpful. We would sometimes be out there for a half-hour or more, just talking away about home, family, and maybe a patient or two, or the latest new policy to appear. Also, some of my c...

4. Studying for the NCLEX

   sumoe replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   I'm happy to say NCLEX wasn't even invented when I graduated! :thankya:

5. How do I handle insubordinate CNAs?

   sumoe replied to ginnieann's topic in New Nurse

   This is a terrible situation to be in, for sure. I don't envy you. I agree with Lamazeteacher, but this is hard to do (keep calm) when you are a newer nurse. I would go to the manager, maybe the director, for back up. I would also remind them th...

6. New Grad starting in Radiology??

   sumoe replied to clearblueskies126's topic in Radiology

   Agree with all of the above. Then add 1 year of Med-Surg before going into ICU, please! Lots to learn first, like charting, assessing, passing meds and watching for results/reactions, interventions, teaching, organizational skills and speaking with...

7. Weird incident in the MRI room..

   sumoe replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Radiology

   I sure wouldn't want to be working in that kind of situation! It's great that a specialty has been learned, but aren't there limits somewhere? Should my patient's and my safety be pitted against someone else's common sense? I'm sorry that there ha...

8. Good Samaritans

   sumoe posted a topic in General Nursing

   http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-good-samaritan19-2008dec19,0,4033454.story this just scares me. if you stop to help someone in california, and they are injured as a result of your help, you can be sued! it's just a matter of time before thi...

9. Police use excessive force, ER docs say- What do ER nurses think

   sumoe replied to rjflyn's topic in Emergency

   excessive use of force. well, back in detroit here many years ago, a man who was fleeing arrest was finally caught, and it took 6 or 8 officers to wrestle him to the ground. he ended up with a broken leg. he successfully sued the city for excessiv...

10. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    sumoe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    Kevin, have you done your year of med-surg yet? It's really important to do this before going into such a technical specialty like ICU. BTW, have you thought of a larger city? I love Phoenix, but live in Michigan. Want to go back as soon as I can ...

11. Wearing Cologne to work Yes Or No

    sumoe replied to KarmaWiseRaven's topic in General Nursing

    This board is very interesting to me. I am picking up that a lot of the discussions involve professionalism. I'm sensing that the younger nurses haven't really "got it" yet. Professionalism is about what the job requires, not what you require for ...

12. You cant be fashionable for nursing.

    sumoe replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to say "call 'em on it" but that could be hazardous to your career! Show them the articles I posted and ask their opinion.

13. You cant be fashionable for nursing.

    sumoe replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    One more: http://www.schoolnurse.com/med_info/Fingernails_infection.html

14. You cant be fashionable for nursing.

    sumoe replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    Hair hanging down is hair that will need to be pushed back, out of the way. Having it up already preempts that need. Hair that has to be pushed back means that hands have to be cleansed, repeatedly. Not doing so would definitely be an ID risk. A...

15. Giving Baths At Night. Agree Or Disagree?

    sumoe replied to kmwlpn's topic in Geriatric

    I don't see a problem if they are already awake. But, are they on a schedule, and then awakened if they are asleep? That would be wrong. We do baths at night at the LTAC (long term acute care) I work at occasionally. Most of the patients are unawa...